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Hofmanová, Z, Kreutzer, S, Hellenthal, G, Sell, C, Yoan Diekmann, Y, Díez-del-Molino, D, van Dorp, L, López, S, Kousathanas, A, Link, V, Kirsanow, K, Cassidy, KM, Martiniano, R, Strobel, M, Scheu, A, Kotsakis, K, Halstead, P, Triantaphyllou, S, Kyparissi-Apostolika, N, Urem-Kotsou, D, Ziota, C, Adaktylou, F, Gopalan, S, Bobo, DN, Winkelbach, L, Blöcher, J, Unterländer, M, Leuenberger, C, Çilingiroğlu, C, Horejs, B, Gerritsen, F, Shennan, SJ, Bradley, DG, Currat, M, Veeramah, KR, Wegmann, D, Thomas, MG, Papageorgopoulou, C & Burger, J 2016. Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(25):6886–6891. Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 6886 6891 Google Scholar

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